January 3, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Renovation begins at former health spa
San Bernardino Sun 12/27/06
By Chuck Mueller
More than three decades have passed since radio
evangelist Curtis Howe Springer left this desert oasis and spa, which
he called "the last word in health care."
Teachers in training: Hope for jobs lures students
San Bernardino Sun 12/23/06
By Charlotte Hsu
With a wave of teacher retirements expected and
a new law calling for smaller classes in low-performing schools, there
will be more jobs available for teachers in California now and in the
near future.
Editorials/Commentary
School study gets an 'A' for boldness
Daily Breeze 1/3/07
Every month, it seems, another report heralds
the promise of American education reform.
Statesmanship: Will it be a new course for
CTA?
Sacramento Bee 1/3/07
By Peter Schrag
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger got no end of attention
last year for the radical change of course and tone that followed the
mauling his bash-em agenda got in the special election of 2005.
UC News
Matsui papers to go to Bancroft Library
Sacramento Bee 1/2/07
By David Whitney
Two years after the unexpected death of her husband,
Rep. Doris Matsui is letting go.
Robots could learn to be human at UC Merced
Modesto Bee 1/3/07
By Victor Patton
Professors at the University of California at
Merced are researching ways to make robots think like us, move like
us — and, one day, maybe even look like us.
Santa Cruz expected to allot more money toward
town-gown fight
Santa Cruz Sentinel 1/3/07
By Shanna McCord
SANTA CRUZ — The city's legal bill for
battling growth at UC Santa Cruz is expected to triple during the next
few months.
California News
Report warns of grim future for California's
kids
Stockton Record 1/3/07
By Jennifer Torres
Limited health care, insufficient education and
chronic poverty threaten the future of California’s roughly 9.7
million children.
National News
A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in
School
New York Times 1/3/07
By Gina Kolata
James Smith, a health economist at the RAND Corporation,
has heard a variety of hypotheses about what it takes to live a long
life — money, lack of stress, a loving family, lots of friends.
But he has been a skeptic.
To Improve Student Retention, Combination of
Academic and Financial Support Seems Best, Study Finds
Chronicle of Higher Education 1/3/07
By David Glenn
Imagine that you are a fledgling college student
with a decent but not stellar high-school background.
The New Top Fed for Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed 1/3/07
By Doug Lederman
It’s a few days before Christmas, and Sara
Martinez Tucker has been running nonstop in the few days since the U.S.
Senate confirmed her as the new U.S. under secretary for education.
More students studying abroad
Ventura Star 1/3/07
By Jean Cowden Moore
More college students than ever are studying
abroad these days, and they're not just going to Europe to study Shakespeare
or Renaissance art.
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